Why should we care?
SCS’s ability to provide a quality, equitable education is being undercut by high teacher turnover and year-long teaching vacancies, as well as significant maintenance deficiencies within the schools, all of which leads to higher financial, educational, and health costs. A lack of access to wraparound services provided by qualified social workers, psychologists, and nurses inhibits the successful treatment of trauma or Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE). Abuse, neglect, and trauma significantly increase the likelihood of suspensions, juvenile criminal behavior, and incarceration. With a median age four years below the national average, Memphis’s population can support economic development, but only if we provide children in our community access to opportunities and support.
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Equipping people of faith and goodwill to organize communities for systemic change through collective action.
Listening Campaign
We are on our Journey to Revive, Renew, and Re-covenant!
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The first phase of this journey is our organizational listening campaign, which launched on August 11th. At the launch on Aug 11th, teams of leaders from each partner organization were equipped to run listening campaigns in their own organizations.
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Check out calendar if you need to come to a makeup training, and check the links below to view the one-to-one conversation guide, timeline to recovenanting, or to print new 1-1 trackers!